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About The Hardwood Flooring Summit: The Hardwood Flooring Summit is taking place in Atlanta, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel (which is the tallest hotel in the western hemisphere). The Hardwood Flooring Summit is organized and hosted by The Claims Advisor, which is a proud member of The National Wood Flooring Association and The World [...]

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Contact Us

Dan Blake, President The Hardwood Flooring Summit PO Box 507 Hoschton, GA 30548 Website: www.woodconference.com

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Press Release

Over 40 Expert Speakers and Instructors to Teach at The Hardwood Flooring Summit At The Hardwood Flooring Summit, more than forty leading experts on hardwood flooring will openly share their expertise and unbiased advice to members of the flooring industry. This educational conference will take place August 14th through 17th in Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia May [...]

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Travel and Hotel Information: MARTA, Shuttle, Driving Directions

The Westin Peachtree Plaza (404) 659-1400 210 Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30303 Hotel Website: http://tinyurl.com/673rn4 Google Maps Street View link to driving directions from the airport to the hotel: http://tinyurl.com/6kkv7z Atlanta Airport Shuttle: The shuttle leaves every 20 minutes from the airport to downtown. You can also call the Sales Department and purchase tickets in [...]

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Meet the Speakers: Keith Papulski, General Manager of Taylor Tools

Keith Papulski has been involved with the flooring industry for almost 40 years, primarily in the areas of product development and manufacturing. He began working for ORCON Corp. in 1969 where he was instrumental in the development of hot-melt carpet seaming tape and related products. Later, as owner of Y&K Manufacturing, Keith supplied ORCON and [...]

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Travelling to Atlanta for The Hardwood Flooring Summit? Here’s a List of Tourist Attractions.

The Hardwood Flooring Summit is just over a month away (August 2008), and many conference attendees are asking about fun things to do while they’re in Atlanta for The Summit. You may be attending the conference with your family, and in that case, you’ll be looking for family attractions. Having lived in Atlanta for over [...]

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Hotel Reservations for The Hardwood Flooring Summit

A lot of people have been asking about hotel information, so I’ve included contact information to get The Hardwood Flooring Summit’s group rate on hotel reservations: To book your hotel reservations for The Hardwood Flooring Summit, contact Kate Lynn of The Trendle Group (The Trendle Group is the corporate event planning company that’s working with [...]

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Travel Deals to and From Atlanta for The Hardwood Flooring Summit *UPDATED August 4, 2008*

*UPDATED August 4, 2008* For those of you looking for a good price on airfare to and from Atlanta for the upcoming Hardwood Flooring Summit (August 12-17 2008), I’ve included a few places to start looking for travel information. Many of these airfare rates are actually cheaper than driving. Clark Howard (who has a nationally [...]

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Hardwood Flooring: Why Education Means Everything to the Industry

The Hardwood Flooring Summit announces BR-111’s Jack Racine as one of forty guest speakers. The dates for this educational conference are August 14th through 17th, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia July 7, 2008 – BR-111’s Director of Technical services, Jack Racine, will be a speaker at the upcoming Hardwood Flooring Summit. [...]

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Free Educational Paper on Checks and Splits in Hardwood Flooring (read the paper here)

Splits and Checks: the Hardwood Flooring Industry’s Biggest Problem Splits and checks are a huge problem in the hardwood flooring industry. In regards to the cause of splits and checks, there is conflicting information. Some industry experts point to manufacturing related issues as the source of splits and checks in hardwood floors. Other industry experts [...]

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